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How to create a channel in the   Livebox   TV?  Before you create a channel on your Livebox TV, you have to create the categories to keep your channels organized. To create your categories, Login to your Livebox TV. Go to “Categories” from the navigation menu. A page with the category specifications opens, under which go to “Add Category” to create your category. In “Add Category”, give your category name and set a thumbnail. Then give “Submit”. And your category is added. Note:   In the  Parent Category  option you can set your category as the  Root menu  or  Sub-category  within your main category. Now to create your channel, Go to “Channels” from the navigation menu. In “Channel”, go to “Add Channel” and give your channel name. If you want to distribute your Livebox streams or recordings to your subscribers, then select  Livebox  as your video type. Then select the Livebox channel from which you want to distribute the content. On...

Create CDN providers from the   Livebox   MultiCDN settings to deliver smooth streaming content to various geographic locations. Through the CDN providers, you can deliver a vast amount of contents across the globe and offer a better experience to your end-users. The other advantage of using the Multi CDN providers is, if one CDN provider network fails or faces any interruption, still the content will continue to stream live through the other alternative providers. So it’s simply if the one CDN provider goes down, the other one comes in rescue. Let’s see how to create CDN providers to increase the efficiency of the live streaming process. Go to  MultiCDN  under  Settings  from the navigation menu. In Multi CDN settings, click on the add icon to add your  streaming server CDN groups . Note:   You can create streaming CDN group with the  streaming URLs  of your Livebox server channel or any other RTMP server. A dialog box to add CDN opens,...

Connect the   Live  Radio app to the  BUTT streaming software  for real-time radio broadcasting. (BUTT is a multi-operating system client broadcaster. The software is compatible with Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.)To go on the Air with the  Live Radio app , Install the  Live Radio  app from the  Livebox App Store . Create your Radio Station. Create a  Streamer/DJ  account on the Live Radio app. (If required you can also add a music playlist to your station.) Make sure that you have enabled your SHOUTcast Port on the  Live Radio app ‘s ‘Settings’. Select the ‘Station’ to which you are broadcasting and set the SHOUTcast port. Then enable your port and ‘Save’ the settings.   Note:   You can get the port number under ‘Connection Information’ (SHOUTcast Clients details) in Streamer/DJ Accounts menu. As SHOUTcast has two port numbers, enable both the ports for the same station on the Live Radio app settings. Install BUTT str...

Adaptive bitrate streaming (Transcoding) is available only in the higher-end versions of   Livebox. Keep your streaming channels ready i.e., output channel and input channel. Now under  Manage Channels , go to  Transcoding .  A  Transcoding  page opens up and you can select your “Input” channel by clicking the drop-down menu given in the “Select Channel” option. In  Output Channels , select the channel where the video has to be transcoded. Then give turn on near transcoding. Once you give the turn on, new options for transcoding shows up, where you can set the “Preset”. And then click “Save”. Note:   Livebox will generate both Transcode Output URL and Transcode Embed Code. After clicking save, give “Service Restart” to get your changes applied. Then go to  Livebox Playout  software and click “Add File” to browse video source from your PC and to add video source in your  Schedule Playlist . Your video source is added. So, now cl...